Month: February 2018

It’s been suggested that a Contractor at RAF Valley (Babcock) that told its workers to speak English only during work time could have broken the law. The base which is the main RAF training airfield also utilises the facility at Ronaldsway IOM under

With the question of the value of fisheries very much to the fore given the recent spat between Scotland and Mann in Ireland the value of fisheries to small Island communities is also in focus. Sinn Fein have introduced a complex proposal to

Its ‘book year’ for me and hardly have I put down Lorca’s ‘Gypsy Ballads’ which arrived this morning than another worthy offering presents itself courtesy of an Irish Times Review – at this rate another bookshelf may be needed. I’m familiar with the

I mentioned the film biography about the Welsh poet ‘Hedd Wyn’ Ellis Humphrey Evans sometime ago and noticed recently that someone had posted a link to the full movie (which is now on Youtube) on the Patagonia Facebook site (link): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8JdhAUJFt0 Obviously on

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: This year 2018 is the centenary of the General Strike in the Isle of Man. Mec Vannin is trying to ensure that its significance is properly marked and interest government and organisations to that end.

I’ve returned over the last few months to books – this you could say is a ‘book winter’ – and not all Brooke or other incurably romantic items. Over the weekend I gave Thomas Pakenham’s work on the 1798 Irish Rising (THE YEAR

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: On of the great strengths of the Celtic League are the individuals that give considerable amount of their time and effort unremunerated and indeed eschew the limelight. I’m reminded of this when a report comes

News from Mannin Branch of the Celtic League: Despite appalling weather a really good turn out for the Women’s March in Douglas today and according to this report from Adrian Darbyshire at IOM Today (with video clip) the marchers successfully deflected an attempt